Can Turkish and Karakalpak speakers understand each other? In this episode we showcase some of the similarities and test the degree of mutual intelligibility between Turkish and Karakalpak. Feruza (Karakalpak speaker), and Batuhan (Turkish speaker) will each read statements in their respective languages to see how well they can understand one another.
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Karakalpak (قاراقالپاق / Qaraqalpaq / Қарақалпақ) is a Kipchak Turkic language primarily spoken by Karakalpaks in the an autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan, which is located within Uzbekistan. The language has two main dialects which are both closely related to Kazakh.
The Turkish language, which is also referred to as Istanbul Turkish, is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with most of its native speakers living in Western Asia, and significant group of speakers in Germany, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Greece, the Caucasus, and other parts of Europe and Central Asia. Ottoman Turkish, which was a variation of the Turkish spoken today, influenced many parts of Europe during the time that the Ottoman Empire expanded. When the modern Turkish republic was established, one of Atatürk's Reforms consisted of changing the Ottoman Turkish alphabet with a Latin alphabet. Today, Turkish is recognized as a minority language in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Macedonia, and Romania.
Note: For those who are interested in reading more, the sentence that Batuhan read is from a book called "Aysel-Falezlere Götür Beni" by Burçak Gönül. Published by h2o Publication.
The Turkic languages consist of over 35 different documented languages, originating from East Asia. Turkish has the highest number of native speakers out of all Turkic language. There is a high degree of mutual intelligibility among the various Oghuz languages, which include Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Qashqai, Gagauz, Balkan Gagauz Turkish and Oghuz-influenced Crimean Tatar.